Stock Analysts

Motorola (MSI) Q4 Earnings & Revenues Top, ’18 View Issued

Motorola Solutions Inc .’s MSI fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of $2.10 per share (excluding $5.66 from non-recurring items) surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.03. Also, the bottom line improved 3.5% from the year-ago figure owing to an increase in sales, driven by the strong performance of its land and mobile radio operations. Revenues increased 3.9% from the prior-year quarter to $1,957 million […]

Stock Analysts

Eastman Chemical (EMN) Q4 Earnings, Revenues Top Estimates

Eastman Chemical Company EMN saw its profits soar in the fourth quarter of 2017, aided by strong growth of high-margin products in its specialty businesses. The chemical maker recorded profit of $581 million or $4.01 per share, a five-fold rise from the year-ago figure of $116 million or 79 cents. Barring one-time items, earnings were $1.62 per share for the quarter, up from $1.51 in the year ago-quarter. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lennar Announces Results of Early Tenders to Exchange Offers for CalAtlantic Notes and Related Consent Solicitations

Lennar Announces Results of Early Tenders to Exchange Offers for CalAtlantic Notes and Related Consent Solicitations PR Newswire MIAMI, Feb. 2, 2018 MIAMI , Feb. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B) (“Lennar”) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all of the outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2018, 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020, 8.375% Senior Notes due 2021, 6.25% Senior Notes due 2021, 5.375% Senior Notes due 2022, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024, 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026 and 5.00% Senior Notes due 2027 (collectively, the “CalAtlantic Notes”) issued by CalAtlantic Group, Inc. […]

Technicals

Weyerhaeuser (WY) Lags Q4 Earnings and Revenue

Weyerhaeuser Company WY is one of the leading U.S. forest product companies, offering logs, hardwood lumber, timber, poles and plywood, as well as minerals, oil, gas, seeds and seedlings to a diversified client base in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Europe and other regions. This Washington-based company has approximately $28 billion market capitalization. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Ctrip’s Tours4fun acquires stake in India B2B venture Travstarz Global

Ctrip’s Tours4fun acquires stake in India B2B venture Travstarz Global PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2, 2018 LOS ANGELES , Feb. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Tours4fun , a Ctrip (NASDAQ: CTRP) company, has ventured into the global B2B travel market with the acquisition of Travstarz Global Group, India’s top B2B company, as announced by Pankaj Nagpal and Sucheta Nagpal , the founders of Travstarz. […]

Stock Analysts

Jury Selected for Waymo-Uber Trial

Five men and five women have been selected to sit in as jury on the proceedings at San Francisco's District Court for the Northern District of California between Alphabet’s GOOGL self-driving unit Waymo and the world’s most successful ride hailing service Uber. The case, which thus far has proceeded smoothly enough through testimony charging ex-Waymo employee Anthony Levandowski of stealing copious amounts of data (14,000 files to be exact) from Waymo that he transferred to himself before leaving the company to found self-driving trucking company Otto. Uber quickly acquired Otto thereafter. […]

Stock Analysts

Where eBay (EBAY) Goes After PayPal (PYPL) Split

Bloomberg and Marketwatch are reporting that eBay EBAY has new plans for independent operation after the expiry of its existing operating agreement with PayPal PYPL signed when the two companies separated for greater operational flexibility. Accordingly, it appears that the agreement, which expires in the middle of 2020, will not be renewed. Specifically, what it means is that eBay will not be promoting PayPal to its customers any more, nor will it try to maintain PayPal penetration on its platform at around 80%, Paypal will no longer devote resources to build payments products for eBay […]

Stock Analysts

Merck vs. Sanofii: Which Stock Is Better Pre-Q4 Earnings?

As fourth-quarter earnings results are pouring in, the focus is back on the healthcare sector. High on President Trump’s agenda was an attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. In less than a year, the Trump administration achieved its primary objectives, tax cuts and a new healthcare legislation, through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. […]